Reclaiming the Colombian English Language Teaching Field to Sow the Seeds of Change Through Self-Study
A growing interest in teacher identity and decision-making has emerged in language teaching; however, studies where English language teaching (ELT) educators reflect on their own practice are limited. We engaged in a self-study to understand how our experiences influenced our ELT educator identity a...
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2024-07-01
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| author | Paula Pérez-Rubiano Anna Peñaloza-Rallón Julieth López-Acevedo Sonia Camargo-Albarracín |
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| description | A growing interest in teacher identity and decision-making has emerged in language teaching; however, studies where English language teaching (ELT) educators reflect on their own practice are limited. We engaged in a self-study to understand how our experiences influenced our ELT educator identity at a public university in Colombia. A constructivist paradigm enabled us to focus on intra and interpersonal reflection as we created artifacts and met to discuss our teaching experiences. Using collaborative analysis, we developed our main themes represented by a red poppy. Based on the findings, our teaching identity is shaped by our families and teachers (roots), teaching misconceptions (leaves), new teaching experiences (new blossoms), other identities (petals), world views about education (cotton soul), and social justice agenda (seeds of change). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3acbcf6f18d64f3dba59cc030df0b40c2025-08-20T02:16:23ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902256-57602024-07-0126212514010.15446/profile.v26n2.108983Reclaiming the Colombian English Language Teaching Field to Sow the Seeds of Change Through Self-StudyPaula Pérez-Rubiano0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-9150Anna Peñaloza-Rallón1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-4346Julieth López-Acevedo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4690-9522Sonia Camargo-Albarracín3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-9527Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaUniversity of California, DavisUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaA growing interest in teacher identity and decision-making has emerged in language teaching; however, studies where English language teaching (ELT) educators reflect on their own practice are limited. We engaged in a self-study to understand how our experiences influenced our ELT educator identity at a public university in Colombia. A constructivist paradigm enabled us to focus on intra and interpersonal reflection as we created artifacts and met to discuss our teaching experiences. Using collaborative analysis, we developed our main themes represented by a red poppy. Based on the findings, our teaching identity is shaped by our families and teachers (roots), teaching misconceptions (leaves), new teaching experiences (new blossoms), other identities (petals), world views about education (cotton soul), and social justice agenda (seeds of change).https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/108983english language teaching educationself-studyteacher identityteaching experiences |
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| title | Reclaiming the Colombian English Language Teaching Field to Sow the Seeds of Change Through Self-Study |
| title_full | Reclaiming the Colombian English Language Teaching Field to Sow the Seeds of Change Through Self-Study |
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| title_short | Reclaiming the Colombian English Language Teaching Field to Sow the Seeds of Change Through Self-Study |
| title_sort | reclaiming the colombian english language teaching field to sow the seeds of change through self study |
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